It has been three years since Wake Forest has taken down Boston College field hockey.
And yet, the No. 20 Demon Deacons (6–2, 2–0 Atlantic Coast) defeated No. 13 BC (3–5, 0–2) 2–1 in front of a packed home crowd in Winston-Salem, N.C. After falling to No. 3 Virginia on Friday night, the Eagles were unable to bounce back two days later—this marks their fifth straight loss.
Falling below .500, BC has just one goal off 51 shots. In this five-game stretch of losses, the Eagles have notched two goals. Plagued by an offensive stagnance, it seemed like Sunday may have been a turning point. Until it wasn’t.
While the Eagles tallied the first goal in the matchup, it was reversed after a call deemed that it hit the back of BC’s stick. And just like that, BC was stripped of any sign of life from its offensive unit.
Less than a minute after the overturned Eagle goal, the Demon Deacons made their dent on the scoreboard.
Sarah Mudd led the charge that sent Charley Kramer diving to the ground. But Kramer couldn’t muster together a save as their conference opponent took an early one-goal lead.
The Demon Deacons continued their relentless pursuit in the cage by rattling off consecutive shots on Kramer.
Coming up with the save on a Mia Montag shot, it appeared as if the Eagles were in the clear for some time. That sigh of relief was short-lived, though. Wake Forest pieced together a two-goal lead after Lauren Storey notched her ninth goal of the season.
Kneeling on the ground after two goals in three minutes, Kramer attempted to compose herself after BC’s defense seemingly unraveled right before her eyes. The next goal didn’t come again until less than two minutes before halftime. Fortunately, for BC, freshman Kate Bock was the difference-maker.
Off a Madelieve Drion give-and-go, Bock tapped the ball through Ellie Todd’s legs and into the back of Wake Forest’s net. Cutting the lead in half before the intermission, Bock’s heroics were exactly what the Eagles needed.
In hindsight, that wouldn’t be enough, marking BC’s first and last goal of the matchup. Carine Van Wiechen was in the cage for the Eagles in the second half. Limiting any more damage, Van Wiechen posted four saves and allowed zero goals in the last 30 minutes of play.
But BC’s offense was unable to scrape anything together as it came away with a loss in its second straight conference game.
